Once upon a time, not long after super PACs came to roam the political landscape, politicians would solemnly note that they are required by the force of law to have nothing to do with their putative partners.There were rules. Candidates could not coordinate with these political action committees, even as the outside groups spent millions of dollars in support of the candidates, particu...

Rick Santorum's Foster Friess stood immediately behind his candidate the night Ricky won the three states.

PACs and Super PACs - who cares about the rules and regulations. We had a situation in Colorado in 2006 involving a group known as Trailhead. In sworn testimony in federal court, and later in a Merit Board hearing strong ties were made between the candidate, his campaign manager, and Trailhead. Yet, no one pursued the issue.

If we adopt stronger regs the PACs will find other ways around the barriers. Remember, most of the candidates running for national public office are lawyers.

"Free Speech" in the constitutional sense clearly means "the right to freely give unlimited sums of money without disclosure to influcne American political discourse or political actors." This Right applies equally to domestic agents and foreign nationals.

"...We see candidates trotting out their own personal super PAC billionaires ??? most notably these days, Rick Santorum's Foster Friess, who joked about contraception in his day, in which "gals" placed Bayer aspirin between their knees.Santorum spent the next day trying to explain away the "bad joke" because everyone knows ??? no matter the winking ??? Santorum and Friess are joined at the money belt..."http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_19990844?source=bb

Sort of like Soros and Obama? Soros said no on the 6th but then it's 'undecided' on Sunday. "Monday night, the president's re-election campaign announced it would urge donors to contribute to a super PAC supportive of his candidacy called Priorities USA."—CNNHow would we know?

Obama was actually serious about campaign finance reform?

Open Government Initiatives: "I firmly believe that Justice Louis Brandeis once said, that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and I know that restoring transparency is not only the surest way to achieve results, but also to earn back the trust in government without which we cannot deliver changes the American people sent us here to make."—President Barak Obama 2009

"President Obama has reneged on campaign finance promises that he knew full well he would not keep...